Music

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Nerd Music has evolved dramatically over the past several decades, but like the Singularity, we’ve hit a point of accelerating returns. Never was there a more exciting time to be making nerdy music than right now. With that in mind, this episode discusses the impact of THIS decade of Nerd Music – the genre’s rampant growth and the artists who’ve cultivated it. Vern spends some quality time with one such artist – beloved nerdcore rapper Mega Ran, hot on the heels of his recent chart success. All that and, of course, some incredible music.

Enter the world of Bits, Rhymes, and Life with Mega Ran and K-Murdock, the foremost hip-hop gamers around. In each episode, the duo narrate their tales – lavishly produced and soundtracked by K-Murdock for an immersive storytelling experience that delves deep into their nerdy lives.

This Bits, Rhymes, and Life – flashback to the summer of ’89 and the events that set Mega Ran on the path to rapping and gaming 20+ years later. Ran recounts stories ofthe movies, music and video games that shaped who he is today. It was in that fateful moment in time that he fell in love with the piece of media that would change his whole life: the Mega Man series! Discover Ran’s self-proclaimed romanticized interest in the blue bomber and find out how visiting family changed his world.

Enter the world of Bits, Rhymes, and Life with Mega Ran and K-Murdock, the foremost hip-hop gamers around. In each episode, the duo narrate their tales – lavishly produced and soundtracked by K-Murdock for an immersive storytelling experience that delves deep into their nerdy lives.

It’s time to head back to Ran’s early days in Philly as an artist trying to find his way. The young rapper-who-would-be-Mega Ran is caught between two polarizing sides of the hip-hop spectrum in the quest to determine his own identity. (more…)

Enter the world of Bits, Rhymes, and Life with Mega Ran and K-Murdock, the foremost hip-hop gamers around. In each episode, the duo narrate their tales – lavishly produced and soundtracked by K-Murdock for an immersive storytelling experience that delves deep into their nerdy lives.

In this this special episode of BR&L, Ran and K host tag team style! They share their candid perspectives on a couple of the songs off Forever Famicom – the project that spawned their working relationship 5 years ago, and subsequently this podcast. (more…)

Enter the world of Bits, Rhymes, and Life with Mega Ran and K-Murdock, the foremost hip-hop gamers around. In each episode, the duo narrate their tales – lavishly produced and soundtracked by K-Murdock for an immersive storytelling experience that delves deep into their nerdy lives.

In this episode, K-Murdock recounts a story from his childhood… when he got ALL of his NES games stolen! Not cool! What was just a normal school day turned tumultuous when he returned home to find all his games gone including while at school including the most precious of all – Double Dragon… which he borrowed from a friend. It’s the first time K learned the lesson of “be careful who you show your treasures to, because YOU NEVER KNOW who’s watching”! (more…)